WEBVTT - Shop more mindfully

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to figure out ways to shop more mindfully.

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<v Speaker 1>A sale doesn't save you money if you buy more

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<v Speaker 1>than you intend. Fortunately, there are ways to keep calm

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<v Speaker 1>and figure out what will bring the most joy to

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<v Speaker 1>you and everyone else. This episode is first airing right

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<v Speaker 1>around what we often call Black Friday, the start of

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<v Speaker 1>the holiday shopping season. While there are fewer in person

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<v Speaker 1>doorbuster sales these days than in the past, many retailers

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<v Speaker 1>still offer deep discounts around Thanksgiving. Often these discounts are

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<v Speaker 1>pitched as being for a limited time only. The idea

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<v Speaker 1>is to nudge people to buy and buy a lot

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<v Speaker 1>because they fear the sale will disappear. And maybe it will,

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<v Speaker 1>But so what If you are buying something you didn't

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<v Speaker 1>truly want or need, then a sale isn't saving anyone money.

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<v Speaker 1>It is still just extra money out the door. But

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<v Speaker 1>I do think there are a few ways to turn

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<v Speaker 1>down the temperature. One is to construct a gift list

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<v Speaker 1>before you start looking at the sales. What do you

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<v Speaker 1>want for the holidays? What do you want to give

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<v Speaker 1>to other people ask them what they want. I am

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<v Speaker 1>guessing that with a little detective work, most of us

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<v Speaker 1>could figure out at least seventy five percent of our

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<v Speaker 1>holiday gift list before Thanksgiving if we wanted. This leaves

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<v Speaker 1>space for extra stuff or last minute requests, but means

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<v Speaker 1>most things are thought of. Then you can go into

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<v Speaker 1>the holiday sales armed with this list. If someone asks

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<v Speaker 1>for a fancy pair of headphones and you see a

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<v Speaker 1>forty percent off sale on those headphones, then you know

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<v Speaker 1>that this is a money saving sale for you. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a chance you would have bought the headphones at full price,

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<v Speaker 1>and now you are getting them for forty percent less

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<v Speaker 1>than you would have had to pay. Excellent, but you

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<v Speaker 1>will be less tempted by a fifty percent off sale

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<v Speaker 1>on something the person did not ask for. You know

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<v Speaker 1>what they want, and so you can do your shopping

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<v Speaker 1>more calmly now. Obviously, sometimes we discover or what we

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<v Speaker 1>want or what we want to get people while we

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<v Speaker 1>are shopping. You come across something exciting and you want

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<v Speaker 1>to get it for someone, or let's be honest, you

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<v Speaker 1>want to get it for yourself. It turns out that

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of Black Friday's shopping is actually people shopping

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<v Speaker 1>for themselves. But if that is the case, then you

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<v Speaker 1>might try giving yourself a short waiting period. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>have to be seventy two hours. I do understand that

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<v Speaker 1>these sales are limited, but even a twelve hour waiting

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<v Speaker 1>period could be helpful. In a lot of cases. The

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<v Speaker 1>online sale will not disappear in twelve hours. If you

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<v Speaker 1>are shopping at five pm, maybe decide that you will

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<v Speaker 1>purchase something when you wake up the next morning. If

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<v Speaker 1>you still want it, then so it goes. If you don't,

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe something new has come up, then fine. Now

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<v Speaker 1>you know, sometimes if you think ahead, you can put

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<v Speaker 1>an even big your distance between yourself and something. I

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<v Speaker 1>had my eye on a pair of boots last fall

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<v Speaker 1>that were kind of pricey. It was challenging to find

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<v Speaker 1>my size, so I was having to look at secondary sellers,

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<v Speaker 1>so I just put on my calendar for this year

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<v Speaker 1>to look for those boots back when boots season started.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw the entry on my calendar this fall and

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<v Speaker 1>look them up from that particular retailer, and guess what,

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<v Speaker 1>I no longer had any desire for the boots, So

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<v Speaker 1>there we go. It is fun to buy things, but

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<v Speaker 1>it is less fun to feel like we bought more

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<v Speaker 1>than we wanted. Making a list beforehand and then shopping

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<v Speaker 1>sales can make those sales actually feel like sales, and

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<v Speaker 1>waiting a little bit for everything else can make those

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<v Speaker 1>purchases more mindful too. When we spend wisely, there is

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<v Speaker 1>more money to spend on things that will bring up

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<v Speaker 1>us joy, and I want that for everyone this holiday season.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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